> It has always offered strangely convoluted pathways to transfer fiat to financial institutions
Your link is not evidence of "strange convolution." The reason there are so many steps/screenshots is because the payment service is in Russian, and the guide is designed for non-Russian speakers.
Most people never dealt with fiat on BTC-e, and would use someone like Coinbase to fund the purchase of coins, and trade exclusively in crypto on BTC-e.
> Now the top 12 or so volume-ranked Bitcoin exchanges listed at https://cryptowat.ch are perfectly legitimate trustworthy companies.
Your link is not evidence of "strange convolution." The reason there are so many steps/screenshots is because the payment service is in Russian, and the guide is designed for non-Russian speakers.
Most people never dealt with fiat on BTC-e, and would use someone like Coinbase to fund the purchase of coins, and trade exclusively in crypto on BTC-e.
> Now the top 12 or so volume-ranked Bitcoin exchanges listed at https://cryptowat.ch are perfectly legitimate trustworthy companies.
BTC-e was number six on that list...